New Vintage Audio Restoration HQ

[Michaels HiFi]

OK guys - I did the next step today.

I took the wire wheel to the metal hardware to remove rust since the hardware is riveted into the wood and thus not removable.

I then by hand removes the last remnant of the cloth covering, and sanded around the hardware, and hit it with a second round of sanding with my Festool.

I DID add some glue to help with rigidity, but chose NOT to fill in the wood cracks and such and instead will be embracing them as the character of the piece from what I brought it back from.

Here are some pics. You can see all the mold that was o the wood. What do you think?

 

[atmasphere]

Dang! That's impressive. You work with a dust mask, right?

 

[Michaels HiFi]

Dang! That's impressive. You work with a dust mask, right?

Thank you Ralph.

I'm very happy with how it looks. Just a bit more touch up and it will be ready for me to apply a finish.

I sand outside and my sander has a vacuum attachment on it. However I am extremely allergic to mold and mildew so even outside on this one I wore a 3M respirator.